Max size for a passed parameter?

Hello.

I've recently started coding seriously in Java, and I'm developing a little application that gathers information from the user, stores it in a vector, and then stores that vector in a vector of vectors.

This Vector<Vector> gets passed to a few methods and it occurred to me that this vector could get very large if the user keeps inputting data, which prompts my post.

Is there a maximum size for a passed parameter? Will there be exceptions or errors if the vector gets too large?

Thanks in advance.

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Originally Posted by ravl10

Hello.

I've recently started coding seriously in Java, and I'm developing a little application that gathers information from the user, stores it in a vector, and then stores that vector in a vector of vectors.

This Vector<Vector> gets passed to a few methods and it occurred to me that this vector could get very large if the user keeps inputting data, which prompts my post.

Is there a maximum size for a passed parameter? Will there be exceptions or errors if the vector gets too large?

Thanks in advance.

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If you pass a primitive value (e.g. an int or a double etc.) you actually pass a copy of the value which takes up as much as 8 bytes. If you pass an object you actuall pass a copy of the reference (pointer) to the object which takes typically 4 bytes. As long as there are free bytes in the heap and you can store the object it can be passed as a parameter as long as there are at least 4 bytes available on the stack.

kind regards,

Jos

If the Vector (and you really ought to be using some form of List) gets really really really big you would eventually hit an OutOfMemory, but that has nothing to do with parameters.

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Originally Posted by Tolls

If the Vector (and you really ought to be using some form of List) gets really really really big you would eventually hit an OutOfMemory, but that has nothing to do with parameters.

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Yeah. His users almost will never, ever get this though. Unless he has billions of entries in the vector.